The Anasagasti was the first automobile

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 to be built in Argentina

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; it was manufactured by Horacio Anasagasti of Buenos Aires

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 from 1912 to 1914. Anasagasti's first vehicle was a 15 horsepower

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 (11 kW) Ballot

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-engined car. In 1912-13 he entered cars built to his design in Europe

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; a team of the cars competed in the 1912 Tour de France

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, while a lone Picker

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-engined racer was entered in the 1913 Coupe de l'Auto. Anasagasti then returned home to Argentina, where he is believed to have built about 50 touring models.